Senior Development Officer - Major Gifts

# Senior Development Officer
- Major GiftsCO HQ
- Longmont, CO 80501; ABQ Office
- Albuquerque, NM 87111## Overview Salary Range $73,600.00 - $ Salary/year Position Type Full Time Education Level4 Year Degree## Description#
** POSITION SUMMARY
** The
** Senior Development Officer - Major Gifts
** supports the Senior Director of Individual Giving in strategic planning, high-level major gifts, and team leadership; supports the Senior Director of Individual Giving in strategic fundraising efforts of First Nations Development Institute by enlisting support for the organization’s key programs and initiatives with an emphasis on individual, planned and monthly gifts.

This is a principal role focused on driving major strategic fundraising initiatives and managing high-impact donor portfolios; handling the most complex, high-value principal or major gift prospects; and acting as a subject matter expert, guiding strategy and mentoring junior fundraisers.

The Senior Development Officer identifies, cultivates, solicits, and stewards individual donors and prospects in accordance with goals set in First Nations’ strategic plan. They will develop brief proposals and reports to funders to demonstrate impact of investments and will spend most of their time interacting with supporters through virtual and in-person visits. The Senior Development Officer will work collaboratively with the individual giving team to ensure departmental goals are achieved.#

** ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES
** Essential job duties are performed in adherence to First Nations’ standards, policies, and procedures, and to local, State and Federal laws and regulations. Reasonable accommodation may be made, if requested, to enable individuals to perform the essential functions of the job. #
** COVID-19 VACCINATION POLICY
** First Nations is committed to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace and follows the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). We reserve the right to request proof of COVID-19 vaccination, and similar vaccines, from candidates and employees as part of the hiring process, in accordance with applicable laws and company policy.
** PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
*** Identifies, cultivates, solicits, and stewards major gift and planned giving donors and prospects through virtual and in-person visits and other forms of direct personal contact.
* Tracks and reports in assigned goals to meet organization’s objectives.
* Maintains a portfolio of approximately 150 donors and prospects.
* Manage information-tracking processes regarding acknowledgement, recognition, ongoing communication and continued cultivation of donors in portfolio.
* Provides input to development team on campaigns to support mission.
* Establishes and maintains collaborative working relationships with First Nations’ program team and other development colleagues and consultants to maximize total gift revenue to advance the organization’s mission.
* Assists in short- and long-range planning activities to create and implement goals and objectives.
* Assists in developing strategies to engage supports in First Nations mission.
* Makes effective use of the organization’s databases and other resources to ensure appropriate management of donors and prospects.
* Conducts research to identify prospects, with an emphasis on major gifts exceeding and creates strategies to match prospects' interests to the strategic priorities of the organization.
* Be available and willing to perform other tasks assigned by direct supervisor. Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities. First Nations is a collaborative organization that relies on teamwork.## Qualifications##
*** MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
**** Bachelor’s degree (ideally in…